eTXOne: said:
Agreed Monte,
I really couldn’t help myself. I had to try both. At this point though I have so much I could comment on since i am so new with the Minelab itself. BUT, i will give my opinion with that disclaimer.
Being 'new' to the hobby or just 'new' to any detector means there will need to be time to learn.
eTXOne: said:
I think i will use the 11 inch primarily. On the fresh water beach i found two dollars worth of Clad and a silver necklace pendant. With the 6 inch in a very trashy park i found 35 cents and dug a few deep old cans.
I'd guess most folks would opt for the 11" round DD the most for "coverage-and-depth", but my preference was the 6" for "better separation and unmasking". Plus it was easier to work th4 coil in and around dense brush, rocks and building rubble. Also, working a wide-open beach is a great place for the 11" DD coil.
eTXOne: said:
I did have an issue with the 6 inch at first, it was super chatty in any mode i put it in even after gb. So i reset to factory presets and it fixed whatever was happening.
If it was "chatty" in any mode but fine a the default settings, then is suggests whatever custom adjustments you used were th culprit. In over 56 years of hunting, even with some "high-tech' models, I never liked to get too radical with a lot of adjustment features the detectors offered. I found from experimenting and using them to learn them that quite often it didn't take much adjustment to really mess up and degrade the overall performance. Keep it 'simple' with 'functional' control settings to achieve sufficient 'performance' and that's all we need.
In time, as you learn the Equinox, you'll have a better understanding of the control settings to avoid that 'chatty' behavior.
eTXOne: said:
So i did have more fun with the 11inch but that could also be because I was at the beach. So to be fair i will take the 6 inch next time,
You accomplished the main goal, and that was to 'Have Fun'. Keep working both coils and continue learning the device. Remember, too, that with a smaller and lighter-weight coil some folks have a tendency to sweep too briskly, and that's not the best idea when hunting trashier places. Use it with a slow and methodical sweep speed remembering to overlap at least 50% on each sweep.
Continued
"Good Fun Times" and find stuff!!
Monte